Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Gussied Up...Screaming Meme Style

I made some pillows for my new sectional sofa...What do you think?I plan on making a few more when I find the right fabric...The sectional was a sofa that I literally drooled over for a year...Yes, a whole year!...lol I am quite sure there are a few drool stains andclaw marks from me having to be drug off of her...

The know I was the talk around the water cooler at that furniture store...A girl knows when she has found her soul sofa...Am I right, girls?It was originally a little too expensive (okay A LOT)!...A little too steep for theOle' Screaming Memers budget...So I would visit her, when Iwas in the neighborhood...I would plop down on her and take my sweatyshoes off and wallow my feet all in her cushions...

(The small lamps I stole from my son's room...I have been out lamp shopping for weeks...I sure hope I find 2 matching lamps soon...Or Gussy Girl will be in the dark...lol My son has asked for them back ever so nicely...I don't think I can hold them for ransom much longer...lol )

I know it may sound weird....But I even think she may of lit up,when I walked through the doors...Uh huh! Lit up like a Christmas tree, she did...:)She had me at hello...

I even named her Gussy! Gussy is a cowgirl'sname...perfect for this sofa all decked out in nail heads and a warm, rusticvelvety microfiber and I could see her all "Gussied Up" with a white slip cover...Everypretty girl needs a party dress, right? ;)

Anyone who reads this blog knows I name my most treasured pieces...and rename people I love...(I have even renamed a few of my blog friends along the way...You know you are special to me, when I give you a name...right, Lou Lou?)

Even though she was not really mine...I still named her...Because she belonged tome in my heart...I didn't even need to purchase her to feel that way...

So, one fateful day, I giddied up on in to see Gussy Girl...Only to find she was GONE!Oh, my heart sank and I thought to myself...I should of saved up and bought her...But I was too cheap to even do that...lol I just touched her and walked away...No wonder she lit up...she probably thought to herself, "She will buy me this time...She has had her sweaty feet in my cushions and even french kissed (drooled) me a fewtimes...She is here to take me home!"Only to be used and abused again...

I guess I am a player, huh? lol So I turned the corner only to see her in the clearancesection...What? She is marked down? Gussy? No body puts Baby, I mean GussyGirl, in the corner! (a quote from one of my favorite movies of all times, Dirty Dancing...lol) I quickly went over to see her worth...She was half off...Though I didn't really have the money...I purchased her that fateful day...

So now she sits in my living room...She is wallowed in and loved on everyday byall of the Screaming Memes in the house...and a few Screaming doggies, as well...

I have plans to slip cover Gussy in a white duck fabric and piping....I finallygot around to making some pillows for her...I thought the black and cream trellispattern would look great on her...:)...

And I even made her 2 robin's egg blue chenille pillows...She is sooo full of herself lately...lol She now is wanting a creamy fur pillow...What is next? Tattoos and ear gages? They grow up so fast...lol

The trellis pattern reminded me of the curvature on the top of the Alamo...I loved the modern take on that...Because Gussy Girl's arms have a modern feel...I wanted to do something that would tie the rustic and modern together...So it was a perfect choice, don't you think?

The robin's egg blue was a new color brought into the room...I have a lot of warmcolors...I wanted to add something unexpected and new...I have a few more tricks put my sleeve in this room...I hope you stop in from time to time to see my progress...:)

Are you doing anything fun this weekend to your home? Let me know? I love to get inspired by all of your projects!

3 comments:

Girlfriend this is HILARIOUS!! Don't you know Gussy was pine-ing for you!!! And you just kept leaving her there!! Poor baby!

ON SALE!! You lucky lucky girl!! I SO need a sofa right now!! If I could slipcover I would just make a slipcover for my poor old tired sofa!! I do have a friend who does slipcovers but she lives far far away.....and she has the hots for another sofa right now so.....there you go!

Love the pillows! I so wish you lived closer....we could definitely HANG!!

I love your posts! You are a funny writer!! So fun to read! I love Gussy. She looks wonderful minus the drool and feet thing! I am seriously in love with the trellis pillow though. I am drooling a little over it now!

Girl, I got your message about twitter. I don't tweet. I don't even really know what twitter is!!! I am so behind! Do you do it on the phone or computer?!? I need to step into 2010 and out of the dark!